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CVE-2018-2677

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-2677 is a partial denial-of-service vulnerability in the AWT subcomponent of Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded, affecting versions 6u171, 7u161, 8u152, 9.0.1, and 8u151 respectively. This easily exploitable flaw requires user interaction and network access for an unauthenticated attacker to compromise client-side Java deployments running untrusted code. With a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium), its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update152:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0467 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.161-3.b14.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.161-0.b14.el7_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el7_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-2677Moderate

OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization (AWT, 8190289)

Jan 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0095
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0099
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0100
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0115
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0349
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0351
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0352
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0458
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0521
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1463
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1812
Third Party Advisory
help.ecostruxureit.com / display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180117-0001
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3613-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3614-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4144
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4166
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102656
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040203
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry